Tom McCabes Genealogy 2022

Mary COTTONAge: 54 years18071861

Name
Mary COTTON
Married name
Mary BENNETT
Birth about 1807 38
Birth of a sisterRachel COTTON
December 31, 1808 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a sisterNancy M COTTON
November 10, 1810 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary SNOW
between 1805 and 1811
Birth of a sisterSarah M COTTON
1815 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWeaver Alexander COTTON
December 7, 1822 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherMicajah BENNETT
1824 (Age 17 years)
MarriageMycajah Y. BENNETTView this family
August 27, 1826 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Peter BENNETT
1828 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Sarah Frances BENNETT
1829 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
John Pinkston BENNETT
January 22, 1832 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Rebecca BENNETT
about 1834 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Richmond Oliver BENNETT
March 11, 1836 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherWeaver COTTON
1836 (Age 29 years)
Note: From THE PALLADIUM Advertisements, Coweta Co GA
Birth of a daughter
#6
Mary Ann BENNETT
June 18, 1838 (Age 31 years)
Marriage of a childJonathan HIGHTOWERSarah Frances BENNETTView this family
July 10, 1844 (Age 37 years)
Note: Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 from ancestry.com
Marriage of a childPeter BENNETTDalia SHELBYView this family
October 9, 1848 (Age 41 years)

CensusMycajah Y. BENNETTView this family
1850 (Age 43 years)
Note: 1850 Census for Mycajah Bennett in Rusk Co Tx
Marriage of a childJohn Pinkston BENNETTSarah “Sadie” POSTONView this family
about 1850 (Age 43 years)

Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth “Sally” BENNETT
about 1851 (Age 44 years)
Note: From Findagrave for Sally Bennett Evans Cotton:
Death of a sisterNancy M COTTON
January 10, 1855 (Age 48 years)
Note: Taken from Findagrave for Nancy Cotton Hindsman, buried in Hindsman Family Cemetery, Coweta Co, Ga…
Marriage of a childJohn Pinkston BENNETTMary Jane DAVISView this family
May 8, 1856 (Age 49 years)

Death of a husbandMycajah Y. BENNETT
1856 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sisterSarah M COTTON
March 11, 1857 (Age 50 years)
Note: Information taken from Findagrave for Sarah Cotton Hindsman
Marriage of a childRichmond Oliver BENNETTSarah Jane MOOREView this family
December 1860 (Age 53 years)
Note: Sarah's application for a Confederate Widow's Pension states she was married Dec 1860 in Trinity Co.
Death 1861 (Age 54 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 3, 1806
17 months
herself
2 years
younger sister
22 months
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
brother
younger brother
brother
Father’s family with Millie ROBERTSON - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage:
half-brother
Cary COTTON
Birth: May 30, 1802 33 36Wilkes Co, GA
Death: June 13, 1881Coosa Co, AL
Mother’s family with James EVANS - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: before 1800
Family with Mycajah Y. BENNETT - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: August 27, 1826Wilkes GA
5 years
son
3 years
daughter
2 years
son
2 years
daughter
-10 years
son
2 years
daughter

Census

1850 Census for Mycajah Bennett in Rusk Co Tx

MY Bennett 43 Farmer Ga Mary 43 Ga John 18 Ga Rebecca 18 Ga Richmond 14 Ga Mary 12 Ga

Note

Mycajah and Mary were cousins. Mycajah's father Peter Bennett and Mary's mother Sally were siblings.

MarriageCopy of Official Marriage Book EntryCopy of Official Marriage Book Entry
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Media objectMarriage License for Mycajah and Mary
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